Monday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 12/9/2013

› Florida students ‘happy’ at school despite lagging PISA scores [Miami Herald] Florida’s students lag behind most of the developed world when it comes to math and science, but at least they’re generally “happy” with the quality of their public education. Survey results released this week show most of the nearly 2,000 Florida teenagers who took the PISA test are “satisfied” with their schooling.

› Group helps foster kids make up academic ground[Orlando Sentinel] Many children in foster care are far behind in school. That's because chaotic home lives and then sometimes-changing foster-care placements lead to missed days in the classroom.